Burr and Burton Academy - Burtonian Yearbook (Manchester, VT)

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THE BURTONIAN Hey Waxter I ordered Scandxnavxan Pome Parxsxan a la wagon or carte or somethlng All I get IS a P1606 of plaxn apple ple wlth a spoonful of cream on top I can get apple ple any day on the farm cart or no cart That s what you ordered sand the walter Well Ill be ,Dol darned Lrsten Mxrandy to those glrls Yes my deah lt s the swank1est pxcture matinee thls afternoon also What dxd you say the name was? John Boles and Polly Moran ln Sunset m Your Eyes Dont mlss 1t or youll be sorry Bemg Just across the street w1ll make It handy for you Let s go Mlrandy Sunset m Your Eyes Heh' Heh' Heh' So they entered the talkles They bought then' tlckets and Walted for the plctures to begm M randy M1r andy' Do you hear them actlng people talk Beats the pltchcrs back at Toonersvllle s Junctxon that we have every hollday all hol low by gum' MY ADVENTURES IN A HOSPITAL BY HENRY By Jessle Bolster I suppose It v. ould be called eavesdropplng but I Just couldnt help hear mg xt And the th1ngs that I heard' Oh dearxe me' It made my llttle eng1ne nearly turn over wxth frxght My master sa1d that I was to go to a garage tomorrow to be repaxred because I was gettmg old and weak I hardly understood what he meant so I asked LIZZIC to explaln My dear Henry she replled your mlnd must be gcttmg weak lf your body 1sn t Why he meant one of those new fangled hospxtals iTh1s latter scornfully for L1 z e was an old fashxoned person J Oh I groaned that I should have struggled to keep ahve a.nd forced myself to go on Just to have th1s happen to me' Oh dear ooh d dear I was truly weeping now Please don t carry on so Henry Llzzie was gettlng 1mpat1ent because she thought mt a waste of good water to weep It wont hurt you at all Wlth thxs last remark I had to be content but the fear was st1ll there The next mormng I awoke from a short uneasy nap to hear all of the b1rds smgmg IH the warm July sunshme How unaware they were of my approachxn perxl For I was sure xt would end m some terrlble catastrophe There I knew lt' My master was brlnglng Meadows down to take me away The Journey was taken very slowly and because of my frxght I kept cough mg and vnheezmg and I hardly made the last h1ll We reached there and my fr1ght mcreased doubly to End that I was to be LD such a dxrty olly place The men there put me up on a platform and told Meadows that I would not be able to leave for two weeks I groaned 1nward1y at that Two whole weeks ID that dxrty place' And theyd probably torture me unmercxfully all the time O dear' The flrst day was one begm wlth the men tore en 1ne O dreary me the would leave me alone for to remaln a dreadful memory to me forever To off my hood and started cleamng my poor lxttle agony that I sulfered' Then when I thought they a few mxnutes they took or rather tore off my fenders' Then all of a sudden they looked at each other and laughed I guess wed better call Mr Roblnson and tell h1m the cxrcumstances, saxd one H ' . . . . . - 1 - 1: . , - u 1 11 - - , . H , rr . . . ,, , . . H . , . . . ,, 1 1 ' u ' 11 U . . , . . , . . . . ,, u 1 - - 11 . I .... u i - - ' . , . . . . , . . 11 , . 66 D . , . . , - 1 , . Y . . . , . rl ,A 11 - u - ' - 1 1 . , . ,, . . , . 1 'rr 5 - ' , .. I . u 11 cl - 1 1 - - 11 . ' , - . u 1 11 - - - - 1 - 1 . ' an 1 11 . on . Y . . . c . . , . - 1 , . 1 . . 7 . v ' 1 U. 4: ' 1 - 1 1 1 14 1 - - . ,,

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THE BUPTONIAN Well I do I want to buy a. dress Dress department twelfth floor up turn rxght go down then turn left Here s the escalators Step llvely please Joshua and Mxrandy stared dumb founded at the escalators Just as they were about to step on lt It would spring up and form a step Land sakes' Joshua these are wors n the Wxdow Peabody s steps they at least stand stlll I thmk you two had better take the elevator Thls may The floor walker led them lnto the elevator The door closed and up shot the elevator Oh Mlrandy I m gettm, slck By gum Im sxck' What floor please? Let us out here We were ter tum rlght then left I d like ter know jest how we are ter tum two ways at once Let s go Stfalght down suggested Joshua They walked down and entered the furmture department Anythxng I can do for you Madame? Yes let me smt down samd Joshua Im not as young as I use ter be and gall1vant1ng around h axnt good fer my rheumat1z by gum' Sorry we don t allow buyers to slt on the chaxrs I hamt a buyer and lf you ever come to Toonersvllle you hamt going get no welcome from me you you Joshua calm yourself remember you re 1n the clty now Yes and I hamt allowed to forglt mt a mxnute exther by gum Come on let s go staxrs one flxght after the other Gosh Mxrandy I got to rest I JlSt got ter sxt down Halnt as young as I used ter be by gum' Nexther am I Joshua Well lets mosey along Ive counted and thxs lS the emghth pau' of staxrs we ve come down sald Joshua Mlrandy Im gomg to ax thls man how to get out of thzs sheebang We re lost Down three fhghts turn left down two tum rxght 'md vou vull be out Gosh all mighty Ive got to rest I amt as young as I use ter be by gum Down three here we are turn rlght or left M1randy Mlrandy stop gapmg and lnsten to me rxght or left Left and down two then rlght 1f you re lookmg for the entrance Thank ye stranger but we re not look1ng for the entrance we want to get out Go that way and you ll get out all rxght Flnally they were on the street 'M1randy I am gomg to get somethmg to eat all that gall1vant1n'f fer nothmg Here s a eatmg place lets go ln Chxcken a la carte+Nope Crab Salad Nope Newburg Fl1nch1Nope Scandxnavlan Pome Parxsxan a la carte I ve found It Just what I want Walter' 28 t 44 H , . as V ' 9 i Y J ' 1 V ' 11 . . . ,, H ' I . ' VY U - y - U. - . v - wr I 9 ! ' Y ' .. ,. ll ' I ' ' 4 , . M v u Q H ll . 11 l , . H ' ll ' IA Y .. , . . H , . , to - - , . ll . F ' ' YI , . Here's some stairs: let's go down. So they walked and walked down U ' . ' .. . , , H , . H ' ll , . , . , . .I - , . . . v Pl . 4' ' 1 v ' v' rr v v v v 1 , . ,. , . . . H Y ' Y! v is ' Y ' I ' Yl .. - .. lt ' YI ll ' ' - v y - n ' U -

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THE BURTONIAN Yeah laughed the other I guess we had He emphaslzed the last Why the man they were talking about was my master What could they mean by c1rcumstances Maybe they were golng to send me home A new hope welled 1n me at such a thought How could I know that presently I would be 1nsulted bevond compare? Oh there was a famlllar VOICE xn the next room my masters voxce He was speaklng wlth those terrible cruel men who had tortured me so Are you sule It s that bad? he asked Absolutely answered my torturer The only thmg to do would be to Jack up the speedometer and drlve a new care under Oh the terrlble creature that he should msult such as me that way' Oooh' Well sald my master as long as lt has to be done Ill send Meadows down tomorrow to Junk xt He took a car down yesterday so I guess hell know the place Wlth that he went home A car down yesterday' I wonder who he meant Certamly not No The next day Meadovss came vuth a truck and took me away Oh I must have looked pxtlful' As I hadnt slept a Wmk all nlght Ill bet there were dnl: black cxrcles under my hezmdhghts Well no one would see me that was one consolatlon Flnally arr1v1n0' at the Junk heap I was dumped down 1nto a deep hole I was unconsctous for a long t1me but when I came to who should I see but LIZYIC' So that was who my master had meant' Fate had Certamly been good to us ln our last days LIZZIG and I comforted each other for the rest of our lxves KEN N EL KONVERSATION By OIIVB Grlflith A pup outslde hlS kennel sat A talkmg to a nelghbor s cat He told her of the many hours He d spent ln spoxhng thrlvmg Bowers The cat she told of mxce she d caught And other cats wxth whom she d fought And then the pup would talk some more About h1s escapades of yore They boasted long of trlals and woes And of thelr many frxends and foes Each trled the other to outdo In many sforles false and true The v1s1t ended m a fight YVh1eh lasted far xnto the nlght Because of thelr concelted alr Theyd parted enemles That PRIF' 30 sl rv H H ' V Y ' ' . la ' H ' -Y A A ,y . . . . . , ., , . , H nm L yn I . u ' , . l . ,. t . 1 D I ' It H ' U 'V ' r - - 1 - 1 ' - , H . - . ' 'W - y of course not. She was in perfect condition as far as I could tell. ' 'h . . , . 1 ' , I ' 49' . , , C . . ' . . Y 7 Y . . 1 . 4 Y - , , - , , A, l , . ,